Paper Dome Church

Local name紙教堂
LocationPuli, Nantou, Taiwan

The Paper Dome is a temporary church building constructed using paper tubes as structural elements. It was designed on a pro-bono basis by Shigeru Ban, internationally known Japanese architect who is renowned for his paper tube structures and buildings. This temporary structure was built on September 17, 1995 to serve as a temporary church for Takatori Catholic Church after the Great Hanshin earthquake. Nonetheless, the venue was not only limited for use to religious worship but also used as a place for communal gatherings. However, when the church community planned to build a permanent building, the structure was donated to Taomi Village in Puli Township, Nantou County, Taiwan which had suffered the 921 earthquake in 1999. The deconstructed structure was shipped in 2006 to Taiwan, reconstructed there and is now one of the top tourist attractions in that area.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_Dome

Official website http://paperdome.homeland.org.tw/pd/

Address No 52-12, Taomi Ln., Taomi Li, Puli Township, Nantou County 545, Taiwan

Coordinates 23°56'28.971" N 120°55'37.351" E

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